Abstract

This survey provides nationally representative data on inmates
held in state prisons and federally-owned and operated prisons.
Through personal interviews conducted from October 2003 through May
2004, inmates in both state and federal prisons provided information
about their current offense and sentence, criminal history, family
background and personal characteristics, prior drug and alcohol use
and treatment programs, gun possession and use, and prison activities,
programs, and services. Prior surveys of State prison inmates were
conducted in 1974, 1979, 1986, 1991, and 1997. Sentenced federal
prison inmates were interviewed in the 1991 and 1997 surveys.

Methods

ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
Standardized missing values.; Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables..

Methods

Response Rates:
The overall response rates for state and federal
inmates were 89.1 percent and 84.6 percent, respectively.

Abstract

Datasets:

DS0: Study-Level Files

DS1: Federal Data

DS2: State Data

Temporal Coverage

Time period: 2004

Collection date: 2003-10--2004-05

2003-10
/ 2004-05

Geographic Coverage

United States

Sampled Universe

Inmates in state and federal prisons in the United
States.

Sampling

A two-stage sampling procedure was used. Prisons were
selected in the first stage. Inmates within sampled prisons were
selected in the second stage.

Collection Mode

computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI)

telephone interview

Note

2019-12-12 The variable groupings in the codebook for DS0002 have been updated.2018-12-19 The DDI files have been updated to provide frequencies and summary statistics in the Social Science Variables Database.2018-12-13 Pages 3 and 4 of the User Guide have been updated.2018-06-12 Part 1 data combine DS0001 (federal numeric data) and DS0003 (federal analysis variables) from the previous version; Part 2 data combine DS0002 (state numeric data) and DS0004 (state analysis variables) from the previous version.2016-04-27 Datasets 0003 and 0004 were added. They contain analysis variables corresponding to the Federal and State datasets. The analysis variables are useful in replicating results reported by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Funding institution(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Availability

Delivery

One or more files in this study are not available for download due to special restrictions; consult the study documentation to learn more on how to obtain the data.

Alternative Identifiers

4572 (Type: ICPSR Study Number)

Relations

Is previous version of
DOI:
10.3886/ICPSR04572.v3

Is new version of
DOI:
10.3886/ICPSR04572.v1

Publications

Henry, Brandy F.. Typologies of adversity in childhood and adulthood as determinants of mental health and substance use disorders of adults incarcerated in US prisons.
Child Abuse and Neglect.99, 2020.

Casey, Rachel, Bentley, Kia. Mental health difficulties and service use of incarcerated women: The influence of violence perpetration and victimization.
Society for Social Work and Research 23rd Annual Conference.San Francisco, CA.
2019.

Beck, Allen J., Blumstein, Alfred. Racial disproportionality in U.S. state prisons: Accounting for the effects of racial and ethnic differences in criminal involvement, arrests, sentencing, and time served.
Journal of Quantitative Criminology.34, (3), 853-883.2018.

ID:
10.1007/s10940-017-9357-6
(DOI)

Brooke, Erika J.. Service experience varies: Exploring the association between military service and prison misconduct among state inmates.
Corrections.2018.

ID:
10.1080/23774657.2018.1542284
(DOI)

Brooke, Erika J., Gau, Jacinta M.. Military service and lifetime arrests: Examining the effects of the total military experience on arrests in a sample of prison inmates.
Criminal Justice Policy Review.29, (1), 24-44.2018.

Crittenden, Courtney A., Koons-Witt, Barbara A.. Gender and programming: A comparison of program availability and participation in U.S. prisons.
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.61, (6), 611-644.2017.

ID:
10.1177/0306624X15601432
(DOI)

Daquin, Jane C.. Inmate Misconduct and Victimization: Investigating the Changes Over Time and If the Risk Factors are Invariant Across Age and Victim-Offender Status.
Dissertation, Georgia State University.
2017.

Daquin, Jane C., Daigle, Leah E.. The victim-offender overlap within prison: Are the risks the same for being an offender and victim?.
ASC 73rd Annual Meeting.Philadelphia, PA.
2017.

Deckard, Natalie D.. Prison, coerced demand, and the importance of incarcerated bodies in late capitalism.
Social Currents.4, (1), 3-12.2017.

ID:
10.1177/2329496516670186
(DOI)

Dyke, Kellie V., Orrick, Erin A.. An examination of the influence of veteran status on offense type among an inmate sample.
American Journal of Criminal Justice.42, (2), 426-442.2017.

Kempany, Katherine. Sentencing within prisons: An examination of influences on the disciplinary response to inmate misconduct.
2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology.Philadelphia, PA.
2017.

Nowotny, Kathryn M.. Health care needs and service use among male prison inmates in the United States: A multi-level behavioral model of prison health service utilization.
Health and Justice.5, (9), 1-13.2017.

Solinas-Saunders, Monica, Stacer, Melissa J.. A retrospective analysis of repeated incarceration using a national sample: What makes female inmates different from male inmates?.
Victims and Offenders.12, (1), 138-173.2016.

Khalil, Umair M.. Three Essays in Applied Economics.
Dissertation, University of Rochester.
2015.

King, Sarah E.. The Disobedient Prisoner: A Racial Comparison of the Level of Punishment Prescribed to Inmates for Rule Violations.
Thesis, University of Central Florida.
2015.

Klamh, Charles, Steiner, Benjamin, Meade, Benjamin. Using force in arrests against those who are not resisting can mean more violent prisoners.
LSE Daily Blog on American Politics and Policy.London School of Economics and Political Science.
2015.

Ewert, Stephanie, Sykes, Bryan L., Pettit, Becky. The degree of disadvantage: Incarceration and inequality in education.
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.651, (1), 24-43.2014.

Sykes, Bryan L., Pettit, Becky. Mass incarceration, family complexity, and the reproduction of childhood disadvantage.
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.654, (1), 127-149.2014.

ID:
10.1177/0002716214526345
(DOI)

White, Norman A.. The third world near you: The American racial divide.
Urban Ills: Twenty-First-Century Complexities of Urban Living in Global Contexts.New York, NY: Lexington Books.
2014.

Caulkins, Jonathan P., Sevigny, Eric L.. The U.S. causes but cannot (or will not) solve Mexico's drug problems.
A War That Can't Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs .Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
2013.

Crittenden, Courtney A.. Gender and Programming: A Comparison of Program Availability and Participation in U.S. Prisons for Men and Women.
Dissertation, University of South Carolina.
2013.

Culp, Richard, Youstin, Tasha J., Englander, Kristin, Lynch, James. From war to prison: Examining the relationship between military service and criminal activity.
Justice Quarterly.30, (4), 651-680.2013.

Phelps, Michelle S.. The paradox of probation: Community supervision in the age of mass incarceration.
Law and Policy.35, (1-2), 51-80.2013.

ID:
10.1111/lapo.12002
(DOI)

Raphael, Steven, Stoll, Michael A.. Assessing the contribution of the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill to growth in the U.S. incarceration rate.
Journal of Legal Studies.42, (1), 187-222.2013.

Lynch, James P.. Corrections in the United States: Trends in Correctional Populations, Common Perceptions of Incarceration, and the Role of Corrections in Society.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, .
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ID:
https://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cus2012.pdf
(URL)

Meade, Benjamin. Examining the Effects of Religiosity and Religious Environments on Inmate Misconduct.
Dissertation, University of South Carolina.
2012.

Rosen, David L., Hammond, Wizdom P., Wohl, David A., Golin, Carol E.. Disease prevalence and use of health care among a national sample of Black and White state prisoners.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.23, (1), 254-272.2012.

Binswanger, Ingrid A., Krueger, Patrick M., Steiner, John F.. Prevalence of chronic medical conditions among jail and prison inmates in the United States compared with the general population.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.63, 2009.

Sykes, Bryan L., Piquero, Alex R.. Structuring and re-creating inequality: Health testing policies, race, and the criminal justice system.
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.623, (1), 214-227.2009.

United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
(2007):
Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, [United States], 2004. Version 2.
Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities Series.
Version:
v2.
ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research.Dataset.https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04572.v2